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Updates: 

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Grenada. They are shown in the table below. They replace codes from a draft version, ISO/DIS 2166-2, which had not been supported. (The current document uses the name "Southern Grenadine Islands" instead of "Carriacou".)

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on 1998-12-15. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Grenada, the draft standard showed six parishes with their codes. The final standard mentions that there are six parishes, but declines to specify names or codes. It says that these divisions are "not relevant".

Country overview: 

Short name	GRENADA
ISO code	GD
FIPS code	GJ
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-4
Capital	Saint George's

 

Grenada was a British colony at the beginning of the 20th century. It became a territory of the West Indies Federation on 1958-01-03. The Federation was dissolved on 1962-05-31. Some plans were proposed for a federation of the Windward Islands, but they came to nothing. Grenada became an independent country on 1974-02-07.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Grenada
2. Dutch: Grenada, Grenada (formal)
3. Finnish: Grenada
4. French: Grenade f
5. German: Grenada n
6. Italian: Grenada f
7. Norwegian: Grenada
8. Portuguese: Granada, Grenada f
9. Russian: Гренада
10. Spanish: Granada
11. Swedish: Grenada
12. Turkish: Grenada

Origin of name: 

Named by Columbus after the city in Spain, to commemorate its recapture from the Moors.

Primary subdivisions: 

Grenada is divided into six parishes and one dependency.

Parish	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Pop-2001	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Carriacou	GD.CA	10		6,063	34	13	Hillsborough
Saint Andrew	GD.AN	01	GJ01	24,661	91	35	Grenville
Saint David	GD.DA	02	GJ02	11,476	47	18	Saint David's
Saint George	GD.GE	03	GJ03	35,559	67	26	Saint George's
Saint John	GD.JO	04	GJ04	8,557	39	15	Gouyave
Saint Mark	GD.MA	05	GJ05	3,955	23	9	Victoria
Saint Patrick	GD.PA	06	GJ06	10,624	44	17	Sauteurs
7 divisions				100,895	345	133
Parish: except for Carriacou, which is a dependency. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Pop-2001: 2001-05-25 census (preliminary, adjusted)

 

Note: The FIPS standard has omitted Carriacou. If you must give it a FIPS code, use the code for Saint Patrick, which is the closest parish.

Territorial extent: 

1. Carriacou consists of several islands, of which the largest are Carriacou itself and Petit Martinique (sometimes called Petite Martinique or Little Martinique). It extends from Petit Martinique to Large Island.
2. Saint George includes Glover Island.
3. Saint Patrick includes some small islands in the Southern Grenadines. The largest of them is Ronde Island; the farthest north are Diamond Island and Les Tantes.

The UN LOCODE page  for Grenada lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Other names of subdivisions: 

1. Carriacou: Southern Grenadine Islands (variant)
2. Saint George: Saint George's (variant)

Population history:

Parish	1970-04-07	1981-04-30	1991-05-12	2001-05-25
Carriacou	5,950	4,671	5,726	6,063
Saint Andrew	22,536	22,425	24,135	24,661
Saint David	10,618	10,195	11,011	11,476
Saint George	29,860	29,369	31,994	35,559
Saint John	8,610	8,328	8,752	8,557
Saint Mark	3,942	3,968	3,861	3,955
Saint Patrick	11,256	10,132	10,118	10,624
7 divisions	92,772	89,088	95,597	100,895

Sources: 

1. [1] Carribean Community  (CariCom) website. 1991 and 2001 preliminary census results for Grenada, adjusted (retrieved 2003-11-12).
2. [2] 1979 Demographic Yearbook , 31st Ed. Statistical Office, United Nations, New York, 1980 has 1970 census data (retrieved 2011-12-28).
3. [3] Almanaque Mundial (1992 edition), Editorial America, Virginia Gardens, FL has 1981 census data.